THE PRESIDENT: I'm glad I came here to the National Targeting
Center. This is a building full of modern technology and hard-working
people. People here are working incredibly long hours to better secure
the homeland, and I am here to thank them for their service to our
country.

A lot of our citizens really don't know the extent to which our
government and many of the employees are really working hard. Here
I've learned -- I've seen how we are able to mate information with
terrorist lists or information with potentially dangerous cargo so we
can spread valuable information throughout the country at ports of
entry or border crossings.

It's a fascinating place. It's a place where after 9/11 we --
grew, grew with getting the very best programs and programmers and
computers to keep us better protected. I really want to thank the
people here.

On another front, I'm pleased, obviously, with the new job growth.
I have been saying that this economy looks pretty strong, and today
112,000 new jobs were created last month -- a report that 112,000 new
jobs were created last month. And that's good. Things are getting
better. There is more to do, but this economy is growing in strength,
and I'm obviously pleased with that.